湘子桥又称广济桥,位于广东省潮州古城东门外,横卧在滚滚的韩江之上,东临笔架山,西接东门闹市,南眺凤凰洲,北仰金城山,景色壮丽迷人。于宋乾道七年(公元1171年)由太守曾江创建,距今已有800余年历史,是世界第一座启闭式桥梁。其集梁桥、拱桥、浮桥形式于 Xiangzi Bridge, also known as Guangji Bridge, is located at the east gate of the ancient city of Chaozhou in Guangdong Province. It lies on the rolling Hanjiang River with Beacon Hill to the east and Dongmen downtown to the west, Phoenix Island in the south and Jincheng Mountain in the north. In the seven years of the Song Dynasty Road (AD 1171) was created by the prefect Zeng Jiang, has more than 800 years of history, is the world’s first opening and closing bridge. Set of beam bridge, arch bridge, pontoon form